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The making of a Libertarian
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Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have your trusty sidearm on your hip? ------- Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year... |
The making of a Libertarian
On 11/23/15 12:04 PM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text - Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have your trusty sidearm on your hip? ------- Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year... How wonderful for you. I don't own a snowplow. I contract with the guy who does our heavy landscaping. He has a plow and a big 4WD truck, and typically gets to us within a day of a heavy snowfall. That's good enough. The county and the state highway commission take care of the public roads pretty quickly. |
The making of a Libertarian
On 11/23/2015 12:20 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/23/15 12:04 PM, Tim wrote: - show quoted text - Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have your trusty sidearm on your hip? ------- Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year... How wonderful for you. I don't own a snowplow. I contract with the guy who does our heavy landscaping. He has a plow and a big 4WD truck, and typically gets to us within a day of a heavy snowfall. That's good enough. The county and the state highway commission take care of the public roads pretty quickly. Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like Harry does? |
The making of a Libertarian
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Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like Harry does? ----- Nope, trash night it womorrow morning. Just need to have it to the curb by 5am. At the farm the trash (mostly cardboard and paper products) goes right into whe wood stove... Metals go into the recycle barrel then to tune local scrap yard. No I don't need to haul anything like that. ;) |
The making of a Libertarian
On 11/23/15 1:35 PM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text - Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like Harry does? ----- Nope, trash night it womorrow morning. Just need to have it to the curb by 5am. At the farm the trash (mostly cardboard and paper products) goes right into whe wood stove... Metals go into the recycle barrel then to tune local scrap yard. No I don't need to haul anything like that. ;) We just have paper and foil trash, and empty metal cans and bottles, which I haul once a week a few miles to the local county trash out. It's one of those non-libertarian services. Garbage goes down the disposal, and edible leftovers we're not going to eat go out into the woods for the critters. |
The making of a Libertarian
On 11/23/2015 1:35 PM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text - Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like Harry does? ----- Nope, trash night it womorrow morning. Just need to have it to the curb by 5am. At the farm the trash (mostly cardboard and paper products) goes right into whe wood stove... Metals go into the recycle barrel then to tune local scrap yard. No I don't need to haul anything like that. ;) How do you suppose Harry keeps the garbage from leaking all over his rich Corinthian leather car seats? |
The making of a Libertarian
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:42:33 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: On 11/23/15 9:30 AM, wrote: On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:46:07 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 11/22/15 11:56 PM, wrote: My grand daughter is on her way to being a Libertarian It snowed yesterday in Michigan and they had the perfect sled run all tamped out. then the snow plow came along. She came in and said "things were perfect and then the city ruined it". Well, of course. Libertarians only care about themselves. It is better than only caring what others have to give you, usually at the point of a government gun. Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have your trusty sidearm on your hip? It was originally posted as a cute story but you quickly turned it into another crusade Way to go |
The making of a Libertarian
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We just have paper and foil trash, and empty metal cans and bottles, which I haul once a week a few miles to the local county trash out. It's one of those non-libertarian services. Garbage goes down the disposal, and edible leftovers we're not going to eat go out into the woods for the critters. ..... How wonderful of you. |
The making of a Libertarian
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:04:23 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: - show quoted text - Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have your trusty sidearm on your hip? ------- Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year... Harry seems to forget, it doesn't snow here but that did not stop him from interjecting me into his rant. .... and no FEMA has never done a thing to help us here after a half dozen hurricanes. Two were serious. (Charley and Wilma) The only help we got from local government was horticulture removal, after I cut it up and piled it on the curb (once after Charley) We pay for that as part of our solid waste removal assessment on our taxes. |
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